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  • "The Surfing Years" (1966)
  • Gerry Lopez in "Five Summer Stories"
  • "90-Second Horror"
  • (Video) "All Quiet on the Surfie-Rocker Front" (1963)
  • "And a Carrot Smoothie," Scene from Pacific Vibrations
  • "At the Beach" - Bondi '70
  • "Big Wave Dave's" (Episode 1)
  • "Big Wednesday," Hangover Cure
  • "Big Wednesday," Mexican weekend
  • "Biggest Wednesday," 1998
  • "Boarding House: North Shore" (Episode 1)
  • "Cosmic Children," Opening Sequence
  • "Dewey Weber Had Webbed Toes" - EOS promo short
  • "Dream"
  • "Evolution," Opening Sequence
  • "Fighting Bulls," 1950s short film
  • "Fired Up" - A Short Look at Surfers Playing with Fire
  • "Five Summer Stories," Opening Sequence
  • "Follow Me" Opening
  • "Free Ride" footage, shot by Dan Merkel
  • "Hatteras Surf-Feast" (Animal Remix)
  • "High in the Middle," from Five Summer Stories
  • "I'm a Surf Bum!" Gidget meets Kahuna
  • "It Is Stunning" - 60-Second EOS promo
  • "Karma," by Arne Wong
  • "Kong's Island" (1982)
  • "Liar Liar" from Modern Collective (2009)
  • "Little Jeff Hakman"
  • "Mad Wax" (1987)
  • "Malibu U," Episode #7 (1967)
  • "Momentum" opening sequence
  • "My Name is Dale Davis"
  • "Nas Ondas do Surf" - Full-Length 1977 Brazilian Surf Movie
  • "One-Mile Wave" - EOS promo short
  • "Pipe of Peace," Sea of Joy (1971)
  • "Ride the Wild Surf," North Shore Arrival
  • "Ride the Wild Surf," Sunset Beach
  • "Rupert's World," from Sea of Joy
  • "Sea of Joy," Opening Sequence
  • "Skaterdater" (1965)
  • "Stomping on the Strand" - EOS promo short
  • "Surf Beach" - Bondi '65
  • "Surf City," Jan and Dean
  • "Surf Girls" opening titles
  • "Surfers like girls in their place" (1966)
  • "The Beach Girls and the Monster" (full length, 1965)
  • "The Endless Summer," Opening Sequence
  • "The History of Surfing," by Don Wolf (1965)
  • "The Horror of Party Beach" full length (1965)
  • "The Professionals" TV special (1966)
  • "This is Not Goodbye My Darling" - Kicking Out With Style
  • "Used Car Salesman," 1959
  • "Waterborn," by Bill Delaney
  • "Waves to Freedom," starring Mark Cunningham
  • "You're the Big Story!" Scene from Blue Juice (1995)
  • 16 or Bust: the Super-Narrow Boards of 1969
  • 1948 Maroubra Surf Carnival
  • 1955 Makaha International Surfing Championships
  • 1958 Makaha International Surfing Championships
  • 1959 Makaha International Surfing Championships
  • 1962 Makaha International Surfing Championships
  • 1963 Makaha International Surfing Championships
  • 1964 BelAir Cigarette Commercial
  • 1964 US Surfing Championships, Huntington
  • 1964 World Surfing Championships newsreel
  • 1965 Duke Invitational, Sunset Beach
  • 1965 Duke Invitational, Sunset Beach (full length)
  • 1965 Malibu Invitational
  • 1965 Tom Morey Invitational
  • 1966 Duke Invitational, Sunset Beach
  • 1966 Duke Invitational, Sunset Beach (full length)
  • 1966 Made-For-TV Makaha Event
  • 1966 Makaha International Surfing Championships
  • 1966 Malibu Invitational
  • 1967 Duke Invitational, Sunset Beach (full length)
  • 1967 East Coast Surfing Championships
  • 1967: First Look at the Short Surfboard
  • 1968 Duke Kahanamoku Surfing Classic (full length)
  • 1969 Surfriders Championship, Queensland
  • 1970 Makaha International in "Five Summer Stories"
  • 1971 Smirnoff Pro-Am, Sunset Beach
  • 1971 US Surfing Championships, Huntington
  • 1973 Smirnoff Pro
  • 1974 Coca-Cola Surfabout
  • 1974 Hang Ten American Pro
  • 1974 Smirnoff Pro, Waimea Bay
  • 1975 Gunston 500, Durban
  • 1975 Rip Curl Pro, Bells Beach
  • 1975 Smirnoff Pro Finals, Waimea Bay
  • 1975 WISA International Championships, Malibu
  • 1975: Hatteras to Sebastian
  • 1977 Stubbies Surf Classic, Burleigh Heads
  • 1977 Wave Rider Magazine Florida Pro
  • 1979 Pipeline Masters
  • 1981 Marui Pro, Chiba, Japan
  • 1981 Pro Class Trials, Sunset Beach
  • 1981 Rip Curl Pro, Bells Beach
  • 1982 Op Pro
  • 1982 Pipeline Masters
  • 1982 Stubbies, from Chris Bystrom's "Blazing Boards"
  • 1983 World Cup, Men
  • 1983 World Cup, Women
  • 1984 Country Feeling Classic
  • 1984 Duke Kahanamoku Surfing Classic, Sunset Beach
  • 1984 Quiksilver / Eddie Aikau Invitational Surfing Classic (long version)
  • 1985 Marui Pro Final, Barton Lynch vs Tom Carroll
  • 1985 Stubbies Surf Classic, Burleigh Heads
  • 1985 World Professional Inland Championships
  • 1986 Quiksilver / Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational (long version)
  • 1986 Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau, Waimea Bay (short version)
  • 1986 Stubbies Pro, Oceanside
  • 1990 Coca-Cola Surf Classic, Narrabeen
  • 1995 Billabong Challenge
  • 1995 Billabong Challenge
  • 1996 Airshow, Newport Beach
  • 2005 Pipeline Masters, from "Highwater"
  • 2009 Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau, Waimea Bay
  • 2019 EOS Fundraiser (Alt Version)
  • 2019 EOS Fundraiser (Long Version)
  • 2019 EOS Fundraiser Promo (All Chubby Version)
  • (Video) 2020 EOS Fundraiser
  • 2021 EOS Fundraiser
  • A Brief Visual History of Wavepools
  • Ace Buchan
  • Adriano de Souza
  • Aerial surfing, 2010
  • Aerial Surfing: The Early Years
  • Ala Moana in the Early 1960s
  • Ala Moana, 1970s
  • Alana Blanchard
  • Alby Falzon Talks About "Morning of the Earth"
  • Alex Knost
  • Allan Byrne
  • Aloha Buttons: 1958 - 2013
  • American Surfers in "Fantastic Plastic Machine"
  • Andrew McKinnon
  • Andy Irons
  • Andy Irons in Jack McCoy's "Blue Horizon" (2004)
  • Andy Irons, Teahupoo
  • Angie Reno
  • Angie Reno, Backside Off-The-Lip
  • Angie Reno, Hollister Ranch (short)
  • Angry Sea opening titles (1963)
  • Arsene Harehoe, 1986
  • At Home With Barry Kanaiaupuni, 1974
  • Australian Surfers in "Fantastic Plastic Machine"
  • Backside Longboarding (short)
  • Backside Off-the-Lip: a Timeline
  • Backside Surfing, 1968 World Championships
  • Baddy Treloar & John J Francis; "Morning of the Earth" Remix
  • Baddy Treloar, 1969
  • Barry Kanaiaupuni
  • Barry Kanaiaupuni, Longboarding in the '60s
  • Barton Lynch
  • Beach Bunny: A Retrospective
  • Becky Benson
  • Bede Durbidge
  • Bells '63, from "Endless Summer"
  • Ben Aipa
  • Bethany Hamilton
  • Big Summer Swell, Ala Moana, 1981
  • Big Wednesday, highway bullfighting scene
  • Big Z and Cody Shape a Board in Surf's Up (2007)
  • Bill Delaney interview, 1995
  • Bill Hamilton, 1967
  • Bill Hamilton, El Torero, 1968
  • Bill Hamilton, from "Pacific Vibrations"
  • Bill Hamilton, Jesus of Cool
  • Bill Sharp, Billabong Odyssey, 2002
  • Bill Yerkes on "What's My Line?" (1966)
  • Bob Cooper
  • Bob Evans
  • Bob McTavish
  • Bob McTavish Does Not Like His Board
  • Bob McTavish, Design Rap '67
  • Bob McTavish, Manly Beach, May or June, 1967
  • Bob Pike
  • Bob Purvey rides the Ugly, from "Follow Me"
  • Bob Shepherd
  • Bob Simmons
  • Bobby Brown '64
  • Bobby Martinez, 2015
  • Bobby Martinez, Teenage Rampage
  • Bobby Owens
  • Bobby Owens: Band Camp Superman
  • Bobby Patterson
  • Bodyboarding in the '80s
  • Bodyboarding in the Canary Islands, 2013
  • Bodysurfing 2012
  • Bodysurfing in the 1960s
  • Bombs Away: Michael Ho, Waimea, 1985
  • Brad Gerlach
  • Brad McCaul
  • Brazil Surf Doc (full length)
  • Brenden Margieson
  • Brock Little
  • Brock Little's Big Wave at the 1990 Eddie
  • Brock Little, Teenage Kicks
  • Brock Little: 1967 - 2016
  • Brooks Street, Laguna Beach, 1960
  • Bruce Brown tribute
  • Bruce Irons, Mexico
  • Bruce Irons: The Early Years
  • Bruce Raymond
  • Bruce Valluzzi, North Shore 1966-67
  • Bryce Ellis
  • Bud Browne
  • Bud Llamas
  • Buffalo Keaulana
  • Burleigh, 1970s
  • Burleigh, 2005
  • Burning Man '64: Drop-Ins at the World Championships
  • Burns and Gomes in Tahiti, 1987
  • Butch Van Artsdalen
  • Buttons Kaluhiokalani
  • Buzzy Kerbox
  • Buzzy Trent
  • Buzzy Trent, filmed by Bud Browne
  • Byron Bay, 1960s
  • Byron Bay, 2014
  • Canoe Surfing
  • Cape St. Francis '71
  • Carissa Moore
  • Carlos Burle
  • Carroll vs Ho, 1991 Pipeline Masters
  • Caught Inside at Mavericks, from "Riding Giants"
  • (Video) Caught Inside: Revenge of Poseidon
  • Chandler and Rick Kane from "North Shore" (1987)
  • Chappy Jennings
  • Charlie Kuhn
  • Chelsea Georgeson-Hedges
  • Cheyne Horan
  • Cheyne Horan and the Lazor Zap, early 1980s
  • Chicama 2010
  • China Beach, Out of the Shit: Into the Surf
  • Chris Brown
  • Chris Lassen
  • Chris O'Rourke
  • Christian Fletcher
  • Christian Fletcher, "My Generation"
  • Chubby Mitchell
  • Chuck Dent
  • Circle Back: Ode to the Spinner
  • CJ Hobgood, 2012
  • Claiming: a Restrospective
  • Claude Codgen
  • Clay Marzo
  • Cloudbreak, early 2010's
  • Club Waikiki, 1965
  • Clyde Aikau
  • Coco Ho in "Leave a Message" (2011)
  • Code Red Swell
  • Cody vs Tank, from "Surf's Up"
  • Col Smith (Newcastle)
  • Col Smith (Sydney)
  • Competition Sequence from "Pacific Vibrations"
  • Conrad Canha
  • Coolite, Bondi Beach
  • Corky Carroll
  • Corky Carroll visits Big Surf, Arizona, 1969
  • Corky Carroll, 1970 Twin-Fin Session, Cottons Point
  • Corona del Mar, 1927
  • Cortes Bank, 2001
  • Cory Lopez, 1995
  • Cory Lopez, Skeleton Bay, 2008
  • Cory Lopez, Skeleton Bay, 2008
  • Courtney Conlogue
  • Craig Anderson, 2012
  • Critta Byrne
  • Dale Dobson
  • Dale Velzy
  • Damien Hardman
  • Damien Hobgood
  • Dana Point
  • Dane Kealoha
  • Dane Kealoha, Tavarua, 1986
  • Dane Reynolds
  • Dane Reynolds in "Young Guns 2"
  • Daniel Friedmann
  • Daniel Thomson
  • Danny Kwock
  • Danny Wills
  • Darrick Doerner
  • Darryl Virostko
  • Dave Chalmers and Max the Dog, 1974
  • Dave Jackman
  • Dave MacAulay
  • Dave Parmenter
  • Davey Smith
  • David Eggers
  • (Video) David Milch on "The Late Late Show"
  • David Nuuhiwa
  • David Nuuhiwa: Feel the Burn
  • David Nuuhiwa: The Fish Years, 1971-1972
  • David Nuuhiwa; 1966 US Championships
  • Dean Morrison, 2003
  • Dean Randazzo
  • Del Cannon - Surfing is Easy, Comedy is Hard
  • Del Cannon, in “Barefoot Adventure” (1960)
  • Dennis Quaid and AnnaSophia Robb, in "Soul Surfer"
  • Derek Ho
  • Derek Hynd
  • Dewey Weber
  • Dewey Weber on a 7'10' at Manhattan Pier (1959)
  • Dick Brewer
  • Dick Catri
  • Dick Keating
  • Displacement Hulls at Malibu, 1969
  • Don Golden, Pleasure Point, 1960
  • Don James Talks About Lifeguarding in the '40s
  • Donald Takayama
  • Donald Takayama, Haleiwa
  • Donald Takayama: Long Wave, Short Board
  • Dorian Paskowitz
  • Dr Kildare, "Tyger, Tyger" Highlights
  • Dru Harrison
  • Duke Kahanamoku
  • Duke Kahanamoku in "No Father to Guide Him" (1925)
  • Duke Kahanamou in “Isle of Sunken Gold” (1927)
  • Dungeons, 2013
  • Early Days at Jaws, from "Riding Giants"
  • Early Days at Makaha, from "Riding Giants"
  • Early days on the North Shore, from "Riding Giants"
  • Eddie Aikau
  • Edwin Santos
  • Encyclopedia of Surfing Promo for Florida Surf Film Festival
  • Evan Slater
  • Explosive Comedy from "Fluid Drive" (1974)
  • Expression Session 1971
  • Extra: An EOS Plus-Size Tribute (Take 1)
  • Extra: An EOS Plus-Size Tribute (Take 2)
  • Fabio Gouevia
  • Faster Twin-Fin! Kill! Kill!
  • Felipe Pomar
  • Filipe Toledo
  • Finless Surfing Before Derek Hynd
  • First Day at Waimea, from “Liquid Stage” (1996)
  • First Day at Waimea, from “Riding Giants” (2004)
  • Flavio Padaratz
  • (Video) Flea Shaw, from "The Performers" (1965)
  • Flight of the Beavertail
  • Fly Away: the Necessity and Tragedy of Surf Racks
  • Fort Point, San Francisco, 1973
  • Fred Hemmings
  • Fred Van Dyke
  • French Revolution: 1968
  • Frieda Zamba
  • Gabriel Medina
  • Gabriel Medina's 2014 World Title
  • GAF View-Master: "Educational Surfing With Linda Benson" (1971)
  • Garrett McNamara
  • Gary Elkerton
  • Gary Elkerton's 1991 Barrel Roll
  • Gary Elkerton, Sunset, 1987
  • Gary Elkerton: Kong Unleashed
  • Gary Green
  • Gary Propper
  • Gavin Rudolph
  • Gavin Rudolph, Jeffreys Bay, 1969
  • George Downing
  • George Downing
  • George Downing 1968
  • George Greenough
  • George Greenough is Aquaman
  • George Greenough's Tube Shoots from "Fantastic Plastic Machine"
  • George Greenough, 1967
  • George Thompson / Thomopolous
  • Gerry Lopez
  • Gerry Lopez nose-tweaking at the Pipeline
  • Gerry Lopez: Odds and Ends
  • Glassing 1967: Voiceover by George Downing
  • Glassing, 1998
  • Glen Winton
  • Gotcha Pro, Sandy Beach, 1988
  • Grajagan, 1980
  • Grajagan, 1998
  • Grant Baker
  • Great Lakes Surfing, from "Step Into Liquid"
  • Greg Long
  • Greg MacGillivray and Jim Freeman, from "Sunshine Sea"
  • Greg Mungall
  • Greg Noll
  • Greg Noll Reviews "Ride the Wild Surf"
  • Greg Noll Shapes a Balsa Surfboard, 1956
  • Greg Noll wipeouts
  • Greg Noll, Makaha '69, From "Riding Giants" (2003)
  • Haleiwa, 1957
  • Haleiwa, 1974
  • Haleiwa, 1980, from "Wizards of the Water"
  • Haleiwa, 2007
  • Hang Ten
  • Hanging Heels '67
  • Hans Hedemann
  • Harold Iggy
  • Hector Velarde
  • Herbie "The Kid" Fletcher
  • Herbie Fletcher
  • Herbie Fletcher, Maalaea, 1985
  • Hevs McClelland and Bruce Brown, 1965
  • Hey Mark Richards! Is Bells overrated?
  • Hobie Alter
  • Hollow Surfboard
  • Hollow Surfboard at Malibu, around 1940
  • Honolua Bay 1967
  • Honolua Bay, 1976
  • Honolua Bay, 2012
  • Honolua Bay, Mid-'60s
  • Horan vs. Carroll, 1984 Rip Curl Pro, Bells Beach
  • Huge Monday
  • Huntington Beach, 2012
  • Huntington Beach, Early '60s
  • Hurricane Sandy, New Jersey
  • I Can't Feel My Face: A Short Look at the Wetsuit
  • Iain Buchanan
  • Ian Cairns
  • Iceland, 2009
  • (Video) Ilima Kalama, 1962
  • Indonesia Sequence from "Dear Suburbia" (2012)
  • Interview: Bruce Brown
  • Intro to "Blazing Boards," featuring Chris Bystrom
  • Intro to "Stylemasters," by Greg Weaver and Spyder Wills
  • Intro to "The Search II"
  • (Video) Intro to Bruce Brown's "Slippery When Wet"
  • Intro to Bud Browne's "Going Surfin'"
  • Intro to John Severson's "Angry Sea" (1963)
  • Irons vs Slater, 2003 Pipeline Masters
  • Italo Ferreira, 2016
  • J Riddle
  • Jack Haley
  • Jack McCoy talks about "Occy: the Occumentary"
  • Jack O'Neill
  • Jack Shipley interview, 1981
  • Jackie Baxter
  • Jackie Dunn
  • Jackie Eberle
  • James Jones
  • Jamie O'Brien
  • Jan and Dean on the T.A.M.I. Show
  • Jax Beach '64
  • Jay Adams: 1961 - 2014
  • Jay and Frosty, from "Chasing Mavericks"
  • Jay Moriarity, Mavericks, 1994
  • Jeff Booth
  • Jeff Clark in "Riding Giants"
  • Jeff Crawford
  • Jeff Hakman
  • Jeff Spicoli, 'I'm So Wasted!'
  • Jeffreys Bay, 1970s
  • Jeffreys Bay, 1984
  • Jeffreys Bay, early 2000s
  • Jeremy Flores
  • Jericho Poppler
  • Jet Board, 1965
  • Jim Banks
  • Jim Blears
  • Jim Foley
  • Jim Neece
  • Jimmy Lucas
  • Jock Sutherland
  • Jock Sutherland, 1967
  • Jock Sutherland, scenes from 'Pacific Vibrations'
  • Jodie Cooper
  • Joe Engel
  • Joe Quigg
  • Joe Roland
  • Joel Parkinson, 2003
  • Joel Parkinson, 2012
  • Joel Tudor
  • Joey Buran
  • Joey Buran Wins 1984 Pipeline Masters
  • Joey Cabell
  • Joey Cabell rides the White Ghost, 1970
  • Joey Cabell, Tamarin Bay, 1973
  • Joey Hamasaki
  • John From Cincinnati opening titles
  • John John Florence
  • John John Florence in "Lost Atlas" (2011)
  • John John Florence, Pipeline, age 8
  • John Peck
  • John Peck, Smoking Honolua Bay, 1964
  • John Severson Talks About "Pacific Vibrations"
  • John Severson, 1933 - 2017
  • Johnny Fain
  • Johnny Fain: Beach Movie Extra
  • Johnny-Boy Gomes
  • Jon Damm
  • Jordy Smith, from "Bending Colours" (2012)
  • Jorge Machuca
  • Jose Angel
  • Joseph "Scooter Boy" Kaopuiki
  • Josh Kerr
  • Joyce Hoffman
  • Julian Wilson
  • Julian Wilson in "Bending Colours" (2012)
  • Kai Otton
  • Kaipo Jaquias
  • Kalani Robb
  • Kassia Meador
  • Keala Kennelly
  • Keith Paull, France, 1968
  • Kelly Slater on The Today Show (1994)
  • Kelly Slater, Cloudbreak, 1991
  • Kelly Slater, from "In Black and White"
  • Kelly Slater, World Title #10
  • Kelly Slater: the Momentum Years
  • Kemp Aaberg
  • Kemp Aaberg in "Slippery When Wet" (1958)
  • Ken Bradshaw
  • Keone Downing
  • Kieren Perrow
  • Kim Mearig
  • Kimo Hollinger
  • Kirra in the Early '70s
  • Kirra, before Superbank
  • Kneeboarding 2011
  • Kneeboarding in the 1970s
  • Koby Abberton
  • Kolohe Andino
  • Kookslams Reject #1: Tandem
  • Kookslams Reject #2: Skateboarding
  • Kookslams Reject #3: Suckout
  • Kookslams Reject #4: Fence Post
  • Kookslams Reject #5: Brooks Street
  • La Jolla 1959: Surfing and Stormtrooping
  • Lahaina '69
  • Laird Hamilton at Peahi
  • Laird Hamilton, Motor-Free
  • Lakey Peterson
  • Lance Carson
  • Larry Bertlemann
  • Larry Bertlemann interview, 1982
  • Larry Bertlemann, Off the Wall, 1974
  • Larry Blair
  • Laura Enever
  • Layne Beachley
  • Les Miserables: Rip Curl Pro, Hossegor, 1993
  • Les Willliams, Early '50s
  • Liam McNamara
  • LIGHT THIS CANDLE—Encyclopedia of Surfing Is Ready for Launch
  • Lightning Bolt
  • Linda Benson
  • Linda Davoli
  • Linda Merrill
  • Lining up at Mavericks, from "Riding Giants"
  • Lisa Andersen
  • LJ Richards
  • Luke Egan
  • Lynette MacKenzie, 1994 Marui Pro
  • Lynn Boyer, 1976 Interview
  • Lynne Boyer
  • Maalaea '62, from "Angry Sea"
  • Maalaea '72, from "Island Magic"
  • Maalaea '81, from "Tales of the Seven Seas"
  • Maalaea '85, from "Amazing Surf Stories"
  • Maalaea, 1985
  • Maalaea, 2005
  • (Video) Magic Moments: The Perfect Wave
  • Makaha Backwash, Early 1960s
  • Makaha in the Early '70s
  • Malibu Chip Surfboard
  • Malibu Comes to Sydney, 1956
  • Malibu Surf Trip, 1965
  • Malibu, 1940s
  • Malibu, 1960s
  • Marge Calhoun
  • Margo Oberg
  • Mark Foo
  • Mark Foo's Last Wave
  • Mark Foo, on Dateline (1995)
  • Mark Foo: In the Moment
  • Mark Healey
  • Mark Liddell
  • Mark Martinson
  • Mark Occhilupo, Bells Beach
  • Mark Occhilupo, Young Bull
  • Mark Renneker, Ocean Beach, 1993
  • Mark Richards
  • Mark Richards' 2014 Birthday Tribute
  • Mark Richards, Hawaii 1975-76
  • Mark Sainsbury
  • Mark Warren
  • Martin Potter
  • Martin Potter, Tow Surfing at Pipeline in 1987
  • Marvin Foster
  • Marvin Foster in Blazing Boards (1983)
  • Marvin Foster in Gone Surfin' (1987)
  • Marvin Foster in Wave Warriors (1985)
  • Mary Ann Hawkins
  • Mat Surfing Blows Up
  • Matt Archbold
  • Matt Archbold, 1997
  • Matt Archbold, Boy Wonder
  • Matt Branson
  • Matt Branson in "Filthy Habits" (1987)
  • Matt George, from "In God's Hands"
  • Matt Hoy
  • Matt Kechele
  • Matt Wilkinson
  • Maurice Cole
  • Mavericks 1994
  • Mavericks in the News, KPIX Channel 5, Dec 23, 1994
  • Mavericks on NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, 1994
  • Mavericks Wipeouts, from "Riding Giants"
  • Mavericks, 2012
  • Maya Gabeira
  • Maz Quinn, 2000
  • Meeting Kahuna, from 'Gidget' (1959)
  • Megan Abubo
  • Melanie Redman-Carr
  • Merv Larson
  • Michael Barry
  • Michael Ho
  • Michael Ho, Rocky Point
  • Michael Peterson
  • Michael Tomson
  • Michel Bourez
  • Mick Campbell
  • Mick Dooley '64
  • Mick Fanning, 2003
  • Mick Fanning, 2011-12
  • Mick Lowe, 1997
  • Mickey Muñoz
  • Midget Farrelly
  • Midget Farrelly Rides His Stringerless Model
  • Midget Farrelly's Surf-Skate Competition Team (1965)
  • Midget Farrelly, Road to Makaha
  • Mike Diffenderfer
  • Mike Doyle
  • Mike Esposito
  • Mike Hynson
  • Mike Hynson in "The Endless Summer"
  • Mike Hynson Interview, 1986
  • Mike Hynson, Little Red Rooster
  • Mike Lambresi
  • Mike Parsons, Peahi, 2002
  • Mike Purpus
  • Mike Purpus, "Creamed"
  • Mike Rommelse
  • Mike Stewart
  • Mike Tabeling in "Pacific Vibrations" (1970)
  • Mike Tabeling, 1949 - 2014
  • Mike Tabeling, the Ranch, 1970
  • Miki Dora
  • Miki Dora on the North Shore
  • Mimi Munro
  • Mitch Thorson
  • Monster from New Zealand, 1975
  • MTV promo for "Surf Girls"
  • Mundaka
  • Nachum Shifren
  • Nancy Nelson
  • Narrabeen, 1981
  • Nat Young
  • Nat Young 1970
  • Nat Young in "Fantastic Plastic Machine" (1969)
  • Nat Young rides Magic Sam (1966)
  • Nat Young, 1968
  • Nat Young, Backside
  • Nat Young, Santa Cruz, 2012
  • Nat Young, Teenaged Animal
  • Nathan Fletcher
  • Natividad 1987
  • Naughton-Peterson, Latin America, 1974
  • Nazare '68, from "Follow Me"
  • Nazare, 2013-14
  • Neco Padaratz
  • Newport Pier, 1960s
  • Newport Point, Hurricane Marie, 2014
  • Nicky Wood
  • Noah Johnson
  • Noosa, 1967
  • Noseriding in the '60s
  • Ode to the Head Dip
  • Op Pro, 1998
  • Opening Credits for “Cosmic Children”
  • Opening for "Storm Riders," by Dick Hoole and Jack McCoy
  • Opening Sequence for "Sipping Jetstreams"
  • Opening Sequence to "Morning of the Earth"
  • Opening to "Fantastic Plastic Machine" (1969)
  • Opening to Tony Roberts' "O'Zone" (1990)
  • Over the Falls: Greatest Hits
  • Owen Wright
  • Owl Chapman
  • Owl Chapman: "Give a Wave"
  • Ozzie Wright
  • Ozzie Wright in "Computer Body" (2000)
  • Pa Bendall, Bells, 1970
  • Padang Padang, 2012
  • Padang Padang, early '80s
  • Paige Alms
  • Pam and the Pashions, "Summertime All 'Round the World" (1984)
  • Pam Burridge
  • Pam Burridge on "Simon Townsend's Wonder World!" (1985)
  • Pancho Sullivan
  • Pat Curren
  • Pat O'Connell
  • Paul Gebauer
  • Paul Neilsen
  • Paul Strauch
  • Pauline Menczer
  • Peahi, 2012
  • Pepe Lopes
  • Personal Watercraft, from "Riding Giants" (2004)
  • Pete Peterson
  • Pete Peterson & Barrie Algaw, 1966 Makaha Championships
  • Peter Cole
  • Peter Crawford
  • Peter Drouyn
  • Peter McCabe
  • Peter Mel
  • Peter Pan, 1999
  • Peter Townend
  • Peter Townend and the Rincon Hoax from "Fluid Drive" (1974)
  • Peter Townend: "You Gotta Put on a Show"
  • Peterson Rosa
  • Phil Edwards and "Baby"
  • Phil Edwards in "Surfing Hollow Days"
  • Phil Edwards in Slow Motion
  • Phil Edwards' Pipeline debut
  • Phil Edwards, 1966 Interview
  • Phyllis O'Donell
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  • Pipeline Sequence from "Step Into Liquid" (2003)
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  • Rabbit Kekai
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  • Randy Rarick
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  • Remix: Cape St. Francis '63
  • Renny Yater
  • Reno Abellira
  • Reno Abellira Rides the Disc; Victoria, Australia, 1970
  • Reno Abellira: "Style is a Gift"
  • Rhythm Method: Surfers on the Dance Floor
  • Rich Chew
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  • Richard Schmidt, Swift Street, 1983
  • Richie Collins
  • Rick Griffin
  • Rick Griffin, Hollister Ranch, 1970
  • Rick Rasmussen: You Can Take The Boy Out Of New York But
  • Ricky Grigg
  • Ricky Grigg: "Two Sports"
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  • Ride the Wild Surf: The Remix
  • Riding Hollow Boards in Australia During the 1940s
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  • River Surfing
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  • Rob Bain
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  • Rob Machado: the Momentum Years
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  • Ross Clarke-Jones, Mid-'80s
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  • Russell Hughes
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  • Rusty Miller
  • Ryan Dotson, 1971 Smirnoff Pro-Am
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  • Sally Fitzgibbons
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  • San Onofre, 1963
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  • Sandboarding, 1982
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  • Sandy Beach in "Slippery When Wet" (1958)
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  • Sarah Gerhardt
  • Scenes from "Golden Breed," by Dale Davis
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  • Scenes from Jim Freeman's "The Glass Wall" (1965)
  • Scorpion Bay in Scott Dittrich's "Fluid Drive" (1974)
  • Sebastian Inlet, Hurricane Felix
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  • Secret Agent Lopez
  • Segment from Kai Neville's "Lost Atlas" (2011)
  • Seven Sisters, 1962
  • Severn Bore, 1975
  • Severn Bore, England, 1967
  • Shane Beschen
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  • Shane Dorian and Shaun Tomson from "In God's Hands" (1998)
  • Shane Dorian, 2012
  • Shane Dorian, the Momentum Years
  • Shane Herring
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  • Shaper, the British Surf Guru, in Blue Juice (1995)
  • Shaping Lesson, from "Surf's Up" (2007)
  • Sharron Weber
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  • Shipstern Bluff, 2011
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  • Skateboarding in the '70s
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  • Sonny Miller: 1960 - 2014
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  • Stephanie Gilmore
  • Steve and Barrie Boehne, Tandem Skateboarding, 1974
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  • Stoked: The Very Short Movie
  • Stomping at Hermosa Beach, 1965
  • Stuart Bedford-Brown
  • Sunny Garcia
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  • Sunset Beach, from Dale Davis' "Golden Breed" (1968)
  • Sunset Beach: the "Wave Warriors" Years
  • Surf Boat '38
  • Surf Cars of the '50s and '60s
  • Surf Contest: Hermosa Beach, 1970
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  • Surfers Talk About Tuberiding
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  • Surfing and Skating, from 'Dogtown and Z-Boys'
  • Surfing and Smoking in the Sixties
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  • Swell of 1969
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  • Taj Burrow in "Montaj" (2002)
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  • Takao Kuga, Bali, 1983
  • Taking Off at Mavericks, From "Riding Giants" (2004)
  • Tandem Surfing
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  • Tavarua 1986
  • Taylor Knox
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  • Team Brewer: Jock Sutherland, Jackie Eberle, Jeff Hakman
  • Ted Deerhurst in "Storm Riders"
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  • Thank You EOS Donors and Subscribers!
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  • The Backside Attack at Pipeline, 1975-76
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  • Tiago Pires
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  • Todos Santos, 1983
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  • Tom Blake interview, 1971
  • Tom Carroll
  • Tom Carroll's 'Wave of the Winter,' December 5, 1988
  • Tom Curren
  • Tom Curren in "Amazing Surf Stories" (1986)
  • Tom Curren Interview, 1986
  • Tom Curren on MTV'S "Alternative Nation" (1995)
  • Tom Curren Rides Black Beauty
  • Tom Curren's 1987 Aerial
  • Tom Curren: Spellbound
  • Tom Morey, Boogie '72
  • Tom Stone
  • Tom Zahn
  • Tommy Lee in "Angry Sea"
  • Tommy Lee Talks About His Famous "Cannonball" Wipeout
  • Tony Moniz
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  • Top Ten Noseriders, as Picked by Phil Edwards
  • Torquay, 1970, from "Weekend Magazine"
  • Tow Surfing Begins; from "Riding Giants" (2004)
  • Tow surfing, 2010-12
  • Tow Surfing, Early '60s, Shot by Bud Browne
  • Trailer for "The Sunshine Sea" (1971)
  • Trestles, "Only Seventeen"
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  • Trestles, 2012
  • Trestles, early '60s
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  • Tuberiding: A Brief Illustrated History
  • Twin-Fin Surfing, 1970
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  • Tyler Wright
  • Uluwatu, 1970s
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  • Unleashed: When Surfboards Roamed Free
  • Velzyland '57: Weber vs Aaberg
  • Velzyland, 1975
  • Vetea David
  • Victor Ribas
  • Vince Klyn
  • Waikiki Beachboys
  • Waikiki in "The Seedling" (1999)
  • Waikiki, 1906
  • Waikiki, 1939
  • Waikiki, 1960
  • Waikiki, 1975
  • Waimea '67, from "Sunshine Sea"
  • Waimea Bay in "Golden Breed" (1967)
  • Waimea Bay, 1974
  • Wally Froiseth Talks About Contest Judging
  • Wally Froiseth, 1919 - 2015
  • Watching Those Who Watch Those Who "Ride the Wild Surf"
  • (Video) Wave Formation, from "Liquid Stage" (1995)
  • Wayne Bartholomew
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  • Weber Performer '67
  • Wes Laine
  • Who's the Champ? EOS 2017 Promo Clip
  • Wiggle: The Squirrelly Side of the Shortboard Revolution
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  • Wipeout Hits II
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  • Wipeout Hits: "Love Hurts"
  • World Surfing Championships 1970
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  • World Tour 2014: This is What You Want?
  • Yes! We're Open: Surf Shops of the '50s and '60s
  • “Tales of Brave Ulysses,” from Pacific Vibrations
  • Bondi Beach, 1920
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  • Dane Kealoha
  • Jack "Bluey" Mayes
  • Mike Hynson
  • Shane Surfboards promo footage
  • Tourmaline Surfing Park news report (1963)
  • Tourmaline Surfing Park, newsreel footage (1969)

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